is the money you pay your workers tax deductable

As a prior tax expert, I would highly advise you to hire a bookkeeper or accountant. Not sure if you are in the US or talking about a US tax system, but if you have employees, there is a lot more going on than a simple deduction. There is Social security, medicare, workman's comp, etc. Most of the costs associated with operating a business are deducted from the total income received.

The CEO of Gravity, a credit card processing service, cuts his personal pay from a million dollars a year to give the minimum wage earners in his company $70,000 a year. The workers describe the raise as freedom, family...

This was cross-posted on BoingBoing today, but originates on Priceonomics.http://priceonomics.com/who-makes-below … mechanical"....the average hourly “wage” of someone earning money on Mechanical Turk is...

Once again there is a call to raise the minimum wage.Now....common sense and a little education will tell you that when you raise the minimum wage, prices go up to compensate. Also, you stand the chance of having a nice...

Just recently a report came out regarding employment.The report stated that the average pay in the private market was $40.00/hr. and the average pay in the public sector was $70/hr.In the public sector the fringe...